. >> jon: congratulations on everything. >> thank you. >> jon: including the book "long shot." here is what you don't realize he was not a sure shot for the major leagues. you were drafted -- what was your draft position? >> the 62 hnd round. >> 12 teams stopped drafting. [ laughter ] it wasn't a big pride booster coming in. >> jon: did you guess -- you were waiting by the phone and nothing range or you were, you knew it wasn't going to happen. you were going to get a tryout. >> i got a telegram three days after the draft. >> jon: really? >> oh, by the way it was selected. believe it or not i was elated but again, i realized at this time it was a big mountain climb. >> jon: not only do you climb it, more home runs than any catcher in him. .308 batting average. the best hitting catcher bar none in major league history. [cheers and applause] ridiculous. >> it was a great run. >> jon: and almost the more phenomenal aspect of it is that you did most of that or an all of lot of that as an new york met. [ laughter ] and as you and i both know, usually when you go to the mets, you bre